{"product_id":"9781592641055","title":"The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eIsrael's hippest bestselling young writer today, Etgar Keret is part court jester, part literary crown prince, part national conscience. \u003ci\u003eThe Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God\u003c\/i\u003e gathers his daring and provocative short stories for the first time in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrief, intense, painfully funny, and shockingly honest, Keret's stories are snapshots that illuminate with intelligence and wit the hidden truths of life. As with the best comic authors, hilarity and anguish are the twin pillars of his work. Keret covers a remarkable emotional and narrative terrain-from a father's first lesson to his boy to a standoff between soldiers caught in the Middle East conflict to a slice of life where nothing much happens. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBus Driver includes stories from Keret's bestselling collections in Israel, Pipelines and Missing Kissinger, as well as Keret's major new novella, \"Kneller's Happy Campers,\" a bitingly satirical yet wistful road trip set in the afterlife for suicides.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Toby Press LLC, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47057643798768,"sku":"9781592641055","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781592641055_p0.jpg?v=1763811434","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781592641055","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}